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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Hoyt Axton wrote “Never Been To Spain” and “Joy To The World”

Randy Newman wrote “Mama Told Me Not To Come”

Ross Ballard wrote “Liar”

Harry Nilsson wrote “One”


37 posted on 02/03/2026 7:57:25 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: dfwgator

Thanks, ‘gator. Great writers and musicians, all. It’s great that TDN made those songs so successful. I hope the authors’ managers wrote good contracts and received their just rewards.


48 posted on 02/03/2026 9:46:07 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: dfwgator
Don’t forget one of my favorite song writers: Paul Williams.

He wrote “Just an old-fashioned Love Song.”

52 posted on 02/03/2026 11:41:53 AM PST by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: dfwgator

“Mama Told Me Not To Come”- My favorite of theirs...TURN IT UP!


55 posted on 02/03/2026 1:19:18 PM PST by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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